Environmental Joy Conference Focuses on Resilience in the Face of Challenges Ahead

At the 6th annual Global Environmental Justice Conference at YSE, scientists, researchers, advocates, and practitioners came together to identify opportunities and formulate strategies to advance environmental justice issues across partisan divides.

Grace Gibson-Synder ’26 was one of a group of 16 young plaintiffs who sued the state of Montana for violating their rights to a clean and healthful environment. They won.

Helena Gualinga worked with Indigenous activists in Ecuador on a referendum to restrict oil extraction in Yasuní National Park in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. They won.

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